ls -r returns no results

Hi,

Im using ubuntu 11.04 server edition and when i run the command "ls -r" as a root user after jsut calling "cd" it simply returns nothing, if i call "cd /etc" then "ls -r" it returns all the files and folders in the etc directory, i tried a restart, what is going on???

Re: ls -r returns no results

sorry if that message was a little confusing, i know that if i am in the root directory( / ) of the server there should be a list of directories (Eg: etc, home, etc.) and files yet running the ls command returns nothing even though i know it should return something. Why is this the main problem here is i cant look up a directory that i know exists (/Shares/web) but i know it does exits because my web servers files are in that directory and my websites come up fine.